Montgomery – Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard on Thursday said a disturbing published report on voting trends, turnout and registration in rural Uniontown, Alabama offers clear evidence that Alabama’s recently passed photo Voter ID requirement should be approved by the U.S. Justice Department and put in practice for the 2014 statewide campaign cycle.

A story appearing in Thursday’s editions of the Tuscaloosa News said that voter rolls for the city of Uniontown, located in rural Perry County, reflect 130 percent of the town’s population and …

MONTGOMERY – Armed with a new law restricting the protests of funerals of fallen soldiers and other victims, Alabama lawmakers and Governor Bentley today sent a strong message to any hate groups that would show such disrespect: stay out of Alabama.

Governor Bentley today held a ceremonial signing of House Bill 238, sponsored by Rep. DuWayne Bridges (R-Valley), which sets a perimeter of 1000 feet, or two blocks, for any disruption of a funeral in Alabama. The bill passed by unanimous votes in both the House …

Legislature delivers on bills to create jobs, advance education and improve government efficiency

MONTGOMERY – Alabama’s movement toward responsible, conservative government made major progress in the second year of Republican leadership in the Legislature, with several landmark reforms and job creation measures successfully passing in the 2012 Regular Session.

House Speaker Mike Hubbard and members of the House Republican leadership highlighted many of the legislative accomplishments Thursday at a State House news conference. From pension reform to repealing the legislative pay raise, and from rewriting the state’s …

MONTGOMERY – A plan to stabilize the state’s pension fund and protect the retirement benefits of more than a hundred thousand public employees in Alabama could receive final passage in the Alabama Legislature today, as the House of Representatives takes up a proposed new law at the top of Tuesday’s agenda.

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama House of Representatives today took action to improve access to capital for small companies, passing a bill to create the Alabama Small Business Financing Authority.

The Alabama Small Business Financing Act, House Bill 600 sponsored by Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), would set up an independent entity to assist companies with a variety of credit needs, operating under the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, or ADECA. Rep. Moore said the bill allows the state …